diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bf65b77917362e1ee5a999979ea181efe354b112
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+*pyc
+slapprepare/build
+slapprepare/dist
+slapprepare/slapprepare.egg-info
+.*.swp